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Locomotive wheelslip — is an event that affects railway motive power when starting from stationary.The greatest effort is required from a locomotive when starting. At this time, if the driver applies too much power to the wheels (ie, for a steam locomotive, he opens… … Wikipedia
PRR T1 — Infobox Locomotive name=PRR T1 powertype=Steam caption=A T1 at the Baldwin plant ready for delivery to the PRR. gauge=RailGauge|ussg railroad=Pennsylvania Railroad numinclass=52 buildmodel=T1 whytetype=4 4 4 4 uicclass=2 BB2 builddate=1942… … Wikipedia
Duplex locomotive — This article is about a type of locomotive. For the Austrian experimental 4 cylinder locomotive, see Locomotive Duplex. Closeup of the second set of cylinders on the PRR S1. A duplex locomotive is a steam locomotive that divides the driving force … Wikipedia
VL80 — Infobox Locomotive Auto name = VL80 powertype = Electric imagesize = 300px caption = VL80t 784 passing through the Sharya Kostromsoya region caption2 = designer = builder = NEVZ flag|SUN flag|RUS serialnumber = buildmodel = builddate = 1961 1994… … Wikipedia
Tractor — This article is about a vehicle used in agriculture or construction. For the power unit of a semi trailer truck (articulated lorry), see tractor unit. For other uses, see Tractor (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
History of rail transport — The history of rail transport dates back nearly 500 years, and includes systems with man or horse power and rails of wood or stone. Modern rail transport systems first appeared in England in the 1820s. These systems, which made use of the steam… … Wikipedia
EMD AEM-7 — Infobox Locomotive name=AEM 7 powertype=Electric caption= AEM 7 916 at Union Station, Washington, D.C., in an older paint scheme. This locomotive has since been converted to an AEM 7AC (see the main article below). gauge=RailGauge|ussg… … Wikipedia
Factor of adhesion — In railroad engineering, the factor of adhesion of a locomotive is the weight on the driving wheels divided by the starting tractive effort. This is an important statistic, because obviously extra power is pointless if there s not enough traction … Wikipedia
BVE Trainsim — Infobox VG title= BVE TrainSim caption= Screenshot of a Class 323 (BVE 4) developer= Takashi Kojima (Mackoy) license = Freeware publisher= Takashi Kojima (Mackoy) distributor= Takashi Kojima (Mackoy) designer= series= engine= picture format=… … Wikipedia
British Rail Class 97 — British Rail reserved the TOPS Class 97 designation for departmental locomotives, which were used for special or engineering duties. They were therefore of several different classes, lumped together for numbering purposes. Some locomotives were… … Wikipedia
